gksu partially incompatible to at-spi (not the new dbus at-spi)

[Francesco Fumanti <francesco fumanti gmx net>]

Hi,


It seems that gksu is partially incompatible to at-spi 1.28. In fact, when at-spi is active and there is no application using it, gksu works fine; however if there is an application using at-spi, then the GNOME desktop stops to work properly. 


Steps to reproduce the problem: 

- Enable at-spi by putting a mark into the "Enable assistive technology" checkbox of the System -> Preferences -> Assistive Technologies control panel.

- Enable for example the "Trigger secondary click by holding down the primary button" feature in the Accessibility tab of the mouse control panel; this actively uses at-spi. 

- Open the Synaptic Package Manager by using the appropriate menu item in System -> Administration menu. After entering the password in the gksu dialog, the Synaptic Package Manager does not work properly. 


However, if the steps above are performed without enabling the checkbox in the Mouse control panel, the Synaptic Package Manager works properly. 

This is at least what is happening on my Ubuntu 9.10 installation. 


Cheers 

Francesco